E5 D5 G5 x3
E5 D5 E5

E5             D5    G5
We meet on the elevator
E5     D5     G5
In the Grand Theater
E5                D5 
I look you in the eye and say
     G5
"I'd like to see you later"
    E5        D5    E5
But you don't understand

E5             D5        G5
I take you the Tate Museum
E5                         D5            G5
There's pictures there but I can't see 'em
E5                     D5 
If you was there I'd overlook
    G5 
The Roman Colosseum
E5           D5       E5 
It would not stand a chance

E5               A5 
We know where we are
               D5   
We're not very far away
               A5      D5 
We're not very far away

E5             D5      G5
We kiss on the bus to Soho
E5        D5         G5        
The motor hummin' a low note
E5                D5 
I tell you that I love you
         G5
But it's nothin' that you don't know
E5        D5       E5 
Would you like to dance?

E5               A5 
We know where we are
               D5   
We're not very far away
               A5      D5 
We're not very far away 
E5               A5 
We know where we are
               D5   
We're not very far away
               A5      D5 
We're not very far away

Verse Chords x2

E5               A5 
We know where we are
               D5   
We're not very far away
               A5      D5 
We're not very far away
E5               A5 
We know where we are
               D5   
We're not very far away
               A5      D5 
We're not very far away
E5               A5 
We know where we are
               D5   
We're not very far away
               A5      D5 
We're not very far away
E5               A5 
We know where we are
               D5   
We're not very far away
               A5      D5 
We're not very far away

E5 D5 G5 x3
E5 D5 E5 

Every Night is Friday Night (Without You)

D5 A5 E5 G5 A5 x2

D5              A5
Every night is Friday night
        E5   G5  A5 
Without you

D5              A5
Every night is Friday night
        E5   G5  A5 
Without you

B5         D5 
When I was young
      A5         E5 
I was dumb as a rock
        G5          D5
I could not read a clock
    A5
And nothin' didn't mean nothin' to me

B5         D5
Now I'm no saint
A5                  E5 
But I ain't such a freak
       G5           D5
On the days of the week
       A5
I work hard, hard

D5              A5
Every night is Friday night
        E5   G5  A5 
Without you

D5              A5
Every night is Friday night
        E5   G5  A5 
Without you

B5 D5 A5 E5 G5 D5 A5

B5              D5 
Kids, clap your hands
       A5      E5
If you can be real
       G5            D5
Got to say what you feel
            A5
If you feel anything, anything, anything, anything

D5              A5
Every night is Friday night
        E5   G5  A5 
Without you

D5              A5
Every night is Friday night
        E5   G5  A5 
Without you
D5              A5
Every night is Friday night
        E5   G5  A5 
Without you

D5              A5
Every night is Friday night
        E5   G5  A5 
Without you

B5 D5 A5 E5 G5 D5 A5
D5

The Magician 

G5                              F5        C5 
     The magician is tryin' to fool you
G5                            F5         C5
     Politician is tryin' to rule you
G5                          F5         C5  
     I want to talk to the real you
A5                                C5
     So when you gonna be mine?

G5                              F5        C5
     The salesman is tryin' to sell you
G5                                 F5         C5
     The talkin' head's tryin' to tell you
G5                                      F5        C5
     Oh, but you know it's always been all you
A5                                C5  
     So when you gonna be mine?
                          G5                 A5
When you gonna close your eyes, call my name
         C5              D5
So long, so long lost insane
         G5                    A5            C5
Your sun shines, your heart's true, here I come
    D5                    C5
I'm gonna be the one for you
          D5                    G5
Yeah, I'm gonna be the one for you

G5                              F5         C5
     The pop star is tryin' to play you
G5                              F5         C5
     The dancers are tryin' to sway you
G5                              F5          C5
     You ask what I want and I say, "You"
A5                               C5
     So when you gonna be mine?


                          G5                 A5
When you gonna close your eyes, call my name
         C5              D5
So long, so long lost insane
         G5                    A5            C5
Your sun shines, your heart's true, here I come
    D5                    C5
I'm gonna be the one for you
          D5                    G5
Yeah, I'm gonna be the one for you

Solo chords same as chorus

G5                             F5          C5
     The teacher is tryin' to school you
G5                              F5         C5     
     The magician is tryin' to fool you
G5                                F5        C5
     Oh, but I wanna be with the real you
A5                               C5
     So when you gonna be mine?


                          G5                 A5
When you gonna close your eyes, call my name
         C5              D5
So long, so long lost insane
         G5                    A5            C5
Your sun shines, your heart's true, here I come

                         G5                 A5
When you gonna close your eyes, call my name
         C5              D5
So long, so long lost insane
         G5                    A5            C5
Your sun shines, your heart's true, here I come
    D5                    C5
I'm gonna be the one for you
          D5                    C5
Yeah, I'm gonna be the one for you
          D5                    G5
Yeah, I'm gonna be the one for you

Outro chords same as chorus

You Were Born to Be in Battle

Bb5 G5 Eb5 Bb5

Bb5     
It's the spring of your time
        G5 
And the time has come
     Eb5            Bb5
The open road will seize you
          Bb5     
Won't you roll to a stop
          G5 
Won't you gaze at the drop
        Eb5                 Bb5
And the awful miles before you?

C5 
Take care where you step
          G5 
Don't you know that it stifled
    Eb5                  Bb5
The life above you strangle
C5     
Stay right if you can
        G5 
Oh, you poor old man
         Eb5            Bb5 
You were born to be in battle

Bb5
In the summer you'll find
         G5 
That you rolled us aside
  Eb5               Bb5
A tangled man-made thicket
     Bb5   
Take care you don't lean
          G5 
With your toes in a string
     Eb5              Bb5
That sweeps away the river

C5 
Survey all you see
              G5
'Cause there's still time to leave
   Eb5                Bb5
The prior hand of ramble
C5   
Stay right if you can
        G5 
Oh, you poor old man
       Eb5              Bb5
You were born to be in battle

Bb5 G5 Eb5 Bb5 x2

Bb5     
In the fall of your time
        G5 
You're astounded to find
   Eb5                 Bb5
So much is now behind you
Bb5     
With tears of your own
          G5 
You'll be scared 'fore you know
Eb5                         Bb5
Just walk the dark and [Incomprehensible]

C5 
Tell them what I told you
                G5 
In days of your youth
       Eb5                 Bb5
What's well within the travel
C5 
Stay right if you can
        G5 
Oh, you poor old man
         Eb5            Bb5
You were born to be in battle

Bb5    
In the winter of life
          G5 
You'll be asked for your life
    Eb5                    Bb5
Lay down, all forts surrender
Bb5     
And all that is you
        G5 
That is precious and true
        Eb5                    Bb5
As your full price, you'll tender

C5 
And I will look on
      G5 
But I long for you, son
Eb5              Bb5
Don't [Incomprehensible]
C5 
Stay right if you can
        G5 
Oh, you poor old man
         Eb5            Bb5
You were born to be in battle

Bb5 G5 Eb5 Bb5

The Dance Class

D5 C5 G5 x3

D5                   C5 
 I'm lookin' out my window
     G5
Well, all that I can tell is
D5          C5     
That's you over there
G5
 In the dance class

D5                  C5
 I'm peekin' out a window now
G5   
 It's late, gettin' dark out
D5          C5
 That's you right there
G5
 In the dance class

D5                    C5
 I'm wishin' I could leave my house
    G5
But it's been years since I went out
D5             C5     
You're so far over there
G5
 In your dance class

D5         F5                    G5 
 I am in love with whoever you are
            F5
Whoever you are
D5        F5                     G5    F5
 I am in love with whoever you are

D5                C5       
 I gotta sort of problem , see
G5
 Please come to me
D5         C5
 How could you know?
G5
You were in the dance class

D5         C5
 I am the crazy man
G5
Hangin' out his window, wavin' his hands
D5                      C5
Tryin' to get you to notice me
                 G5
After your dance class

D5         F5                    G5 
 I am in love with whoever you are
            F5
Whoever you are
D5        F5                     G5    F5
 I am in love with whoever you are

Verse Chords D5 C5 G5

D5         F5                    G5 
 I am in love with whoever you are
            F5
Whoever you are
D5        F5                     G5    F5
 I am in love with whoever you are

D5                    C5
 Hang inside off the window ledge
G5
 I'm here on edge
D5                        C5
Tryin' to make it with a beautiful girl
       G5                                D5
That I got no chance with in the dance class

C5

G5             D5
 In the dance class

D5 C5

G5
 In the dance class
C5            G5                               D5
Yeah, that I got no chance with in the dance class

D5 C5 G5

Let the Whiskey Take the Reins

D5 G5

D5        G5            D5     G5
We had a smoke on the water
D5              G5          D5     G5 
We laughed for all it was worth
      D5               G5
And I called out your name but
D5          G5       D5 G5  D5     G5   
You didn't say what you heard

D5         G5          D5   G5
We drove home in silence
      D5           G5       D5   G5
The reception was not too big
D5       G5 
I had a feelin'
D5            G5   D5 G5 D5   G5
You would be leavin' me

            G5
And it's so easy
   F5    C5      D5    G5  D5 G5
To be a man in pain
              G5
Turn off your heart
            F5       C5        D5
And let the whiskey take the reins

D5 G5

D5       G5           D5    G5
I had a terrible vision
     D5        G5            D5    G5
Of a world outside of this bar
D5             G5      D5      G5 
But she keeps talkin' about walkin'
D5  G5                  D5    G5   
   Away from where we are

            G5
And it's so easy
   F5    C5      D5    G5  D5 G5
To be a man in pain
              G5
Turn off your heart
            F5       C5        D5
And let the whiskey take the reins

D5 G5
             G5
Yeah it's so easy
   F5    C5      D5    G5  D5 G5
To be a man in pain
              G5
Turn off your heart
            F5       C5        D5
And let the whiskey take the reins

D5 G5

D5        G5            D5      G5
We had a smoke on the water
D5              G5          D5
We laughed for all it was worth

Champaign, Illinois 

F5 Bb5 F5 C5 Bb5 F5

F5
The bottom line's been snorted
Bb5                     F5
The bottom card's been dealt
C5        
No one knows like you know right now
Bb5               F5
How truly bad it felt

F5    
All your life you wasted
Bb5                    F5
On dreamin' about the day
C5                          
Worker bees kill off their queen
Bb5                     F5
And carry all her eggs away

Bb5
Oh, then if you die fearin' God
    F5           C5
And painfully employed
        F5              C5
No, you will not go to Heaven
             Bb5         F5
You'll go to Champaign, Illinois

F5
Up north in Chicago
Bb5                       F5
Where booze makes no one blush
C5
Memories come back to you
     Bb5             F5
In a double Bourbon rush

F5  
Memories that aren't all bad
Bb5                          F5
And neither, my friend, are you
C5
There is an argument there must be some Heaven meant
Bb5                       F5
For hearts that are half true

Bb5
Oh, and if you spend your whole life
        F5           C5
Rollin' horses into Troy
        F5              C5
No, you will not go to heaven
             Bb5         F5 
You'll go to Champaign, Illinois
        F5              C5
No, you will not go to heaven
             Bb5         F5 
You'll go to Champaign, Illinois

F5 Bb5 F5 C5 Bb5 F5 x2

F5
Roll on blacktop highway
Bb5                  F5
Circles towards the sun
C5
Springfield's in the distance
Bb5                      F5
And that's the last big one

F5 
After that comes judgment
Bb5                       F5
Oh, and judgment will be swift
C5
You will be eliminated
Bb5                   F5
But here's a parting gift

Bb5
Oh, then if you die fearin' God
    F5           C5
And painfully employed
        F5              C5
No, you will not go to Heaven
             Bb5         F5
You'll go to Champaign, Illinois
        F5              C5
No, you will not go to Heaven
             Bb5         F5
You'll go to Champaign, Illinois
        F5              C5
No, you will not go to Heaven
             Bb5         F5
You'll go to Champaign, Illinois

F5 C5 Bb5 F5

A State of Texas

G5 D5 A5 D5

D5
When the day breaks on Cedar Creek Lake
                      A5
Or my life rolls into Rome
         A5
When the sun goes down on Austin town,
                          D5
That's when I'll know I'm home

D5
What a time we'll have on Greenville Ave
                          G5
With the big shots in Big D
G5                        D5         A5              D5
I'm livin' in a state of Texas and Texas lives in me

D5                                                     A5
For the girls I've known in San Anton and out El Paso way
A5                                                  D5
My love grows like a yellow rose and will not fade away
D5                   
When you hold tight on a summer night
                   G5
I'm gone yeah I am free

G5                        D5         A5              D5
I'm livin' in a state of Texas and Texas lives in me
G5                        D5         A5              D5
I'm livin' in a state of Texas and Texas lives in me

G5
Like a mystery train or a magic trick
D5
Or a map of the world on a guitar pick
A5
I can't explain, I got to let it be
G5           D5         A5          D5
The eyes of Texas are smiling on me
G5                D5         A5          D5
Yeah the eyes of Texas are smiling on me

G5 D5 A5 D5

D5
Where the bluebonnets thrive on I-35
                        A5
And the Guadalupe River flows
A5
Where the stars at night are a hell of a sight
                           D5
And the honkey-tonks never close
D5
When the mornin' sun rise and I open my eyes
                        G5
Yeah that's all I wanna see
G5                        D5         A5              D5
I'm livin' in a state of Texas and Texas lives in me
G5                        D5         A5              D5
I'm livin' in a state of Texas and Texas lives in me
G5                        D5         A5              D5
I'm livin' in a state of Texas and Texas lives in me

G5 D5 A5 D5

You Smoke Too Much

C5 Eb5 Bb5 F5

C5                 Eb5              Bb5
Hey, you smoke too much of what it was
           F5                 
To be in a pocket all padded up
C5                     Eb5 
The time you loved and long from now

G5                      Bb5
Oh, how a year can turn around
G5                      Eb5 
Oh, how a year can turn around

C5                 Eb5                 Bb5
Hey, you drink too much with your old friends
         F5
Prisoner on their suicide binge
C5          Eb5                Bb5 
To see them here as they were then
G5                               Bb5
All went to bag years, none have been
G5                               Eb5 
All went to bag years, none have been

C5         Eb5              Bb5
I hung you up in my little place
       F5                         
When 21 was on your face
C5          Eb5                Bb5
Carried you 'round for all to see
               F5
I sung you for all who would listen to me
C5       Eb5                       Bb5
Now they ask, "Hey, what's in the shell?"
G5                                Bb5
I tell them , "No human tongue can tell"
G5                                Eb5 
I tell them , "No human tongue can tell"

Verse Chords

C5                Eb5                Bb5
Hey, you said too much of what went down
         F5 
Ain't no word's gonna shut it up now
C5         Eb5                Bb5                  
You follow smiles and pretty things
                     F5
On to the California dream

C5          Eb5                Bb5
You held it down but now it's free
G5                                   Bb5
You're holdin' it now where none can see
G5                                   Eb5 
You're holdin' it now where none can see

C5         Eb5              Bb5
I hung you up in my little place
      F5
When 21 was on your face
C5            Eb5                Bb5
I carried you 'round for all to see
               F5
I sang you for all who would listen to me

C5           Eb5                        Bb5
And now they ask, "Hey, what's in the shell?"
G5                                Bb5
I tell them , "No human tongue can tell"
G5                                Eb5 
I tell them , "No human tongue can tell"

C5 
Hey, you smoke too much of what it was
Oh, how a year can turn around

Love is What You Are 

              G5
She picks up a pen
              D5
Writes down a word
                A5
It doesn't feel right

              G5
The novelty's gone
                D5
The novel rolls on
               A5
Until it's goodnight

            G5
Will anyone read
               D5
Much less understand
                   A5
This thing she has made?

            G5
Will anyone see
                  D5
The truth of this thing
                 A5
When it sees the light?

A5                G5
Love is what you are
             D5  A5
Not what you do
                G5
I know what you are
      D5    A5
And I love you

                 G5
The dream of her man
              D5
Propels her along
           A5
Into her demise

                 G5
The hollowed out laugh
                   D5
At the back of her throat
                A5
The film of her eyes

                G5
She hardly puts down
                   D5
This thing she has bound
              A5
Before she forgets

               G5
She writes the end
D5                    A5
  But there is no surprise

A5                G5
Love is what you are
             D5  A5
Not what you do
                G5
I know what you are
      D5    A5
And I love you

Verse Chords G5 D5 A5

A5                G5
Love is what you are
             D5  A5
Not what you do
                G5
I know what you are
      D5    A5
And I love you
      D5    A5
And I love you
      D5    A5
And I love you

G5 A5

Please Hold On While the Train is Moving 

A5

A5
Please hold on while the train is moving
A5
Oh well, you better hold tight 'cause it's really moving
                D5           A5
And though it's night, it's hot
        E5                 
And the fingertips know what the brain does not
D5                                 A5
Please hold on while the train is moving

A5
Please hold on 'cause the train is slowing
A5
Picking up souls who don't know they're going
       D5   A5 
We are one mind
            E5
You know we cannot help but it's the way we decide
D5                                        A5
You don't wanna let go when the train is moving

A5

A5
Yeah, you tell me that you don't but I know that you love me
A5
I'm coming down fast so you better believe me
      D5            A5
And I stink then I sweat
           D5                       A5
And you'll find out if you have not yet

        D5           A5
We have now, we are one
E5
Set the controls with a higher sun
D5                                            A5
Yeah, you never going home once the train is moving

A5

A5
I been dead on my bed since Sunday
A5
I been rolling around on the runway
        D5                                A5
And I'm wondering if this thing is gonna fly

A5
I'm gonna take it to the United Nations
A5
Or to a rock'n'roll radio station
      D5                                            A5
And I know you're never gonna leave me for another guy

          E5   D5
I'm on my way
          A5 
I'm on my way
          E5
I'm on my way

A5
You know I'm flying out over the ocean
A5
You know a body's gotta stay in motion
        D5                                           A5
But I'm holding you now and I'm never gonna let you go

A5
I been dead on my bed since Sunday
A5
I been rolling around on the runway
      D5                                    A5
And I want you now and I wanted to let you know

          E5   D5
I'm on my way
          A5
I'm on my way
          E5   D5
I'm on my way

A5

A5
Yeah, I'm a little bit afraid that we're out of control now
A5
There's a turn ahead and I think we might roll now
      D5            A5
Is it time, it may be
          D5                       A5
Though it seems a little early to me

      D5              A5
Say a prayer to your god
         E5
And it's gonna even out to the weak in the heart
D5                                 A5
Please hold on while the train is moving
       E5                                 
I said please hold on while the train is moving
D5                                 A5
Please hold on while the train is moving

A5
I'm on my way
I'm on my way
I'm on my way

A5

The Beauty Marks 

Ab5  

           C#5  
The beauty marks
           Ab5  
The famous names
              Eb5
The pub fills up
            Ab5 
Outside, it rains

              C#5 
The knee-high boots
           Ab5 
The smoky eyes
       Eb5
Nobody knows
                Ab5 
They're none the wise

             C#5  
The city's a sea
            Ab5 
So full of sharks
Eb5          Ab5 
The beauty marks

Ab5 

               C#5 
The cigarettes fall
              Ab5 
The glass, so red
          Eb5 
The night closes in
                 Ab5 
Still nothing is said

                  C#5 
But if they would kiss
               Ab5 
There would be sparks
Eb5
The beauty marks

C#5             Ab5      Eb5 Ab5 
I love the very idea of you
C#5             Ab5      Eb5 Ab5 
I love the very idea of you
C#5             Ab5      Eb5 Ab5 
I love the very idea of you

Ab5 

           C#5 
The beauty marks
           Ab5 
The famous names
             Eb5 
The pub fills up
            Ab5 
Outside, it rains

                   C#5 
And if they should kiss
               Ab5 
There would be sparks
Eb5 
The beauty marks
Ab5
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